Bhagavad-gita As It Is [Ch.1 ] Text 44-45-46

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is [Ch.1 ] Text 44-45-46

 

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give you a Timeline, of How and Why the Gita ,was Spoken on a

Battlefeild!

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Observing the Armies on the Battlefield of Kurukestra

TEXT 44

 

aho bata mahat-papam

kartum vyavasita vayam

yad rajya-sukha-lobhena

hantum svajanam udyatah

 

ahah—alas; bata—how strange it is; mahat—great;papam—sins; kartum— to

perform; vyavasitah— decided; vayam—we ; yat—so that; rajya—kingdom;

sukha-lobhena—driven by greed for royal happiness; hantum—to kill;

svajanam—kinsman ; udyatah—trying for.

 

TRANSLATION

 

Alas, how strange it is that we are preparing to commit greatly

sinful acts, driven by the desire to enjoy royal happiness.

 

PURPORT

 

Driven by selfish motives, one may be inclined to such sinful acts as

the killing of one's own brother, father, or mother. There are many

such instances in the history of the world. But Arjuna, being a

saintly devotee of the Lord, is always conscious of moral principles

and therefore takes care to avoid such activities.

 

 

TEXT 45

 

yadi mam apratikaram

asas tram sastra- panayah

dhartarastra rane hanyus

tan me ksemataram bhavet

 

yadi—even if; mam—unto me; apratikaram—without being resistant; alas­

tram—without being fully equipped; sastra-panayah—-those with weapons

in hand; dhartarastrah—the sons of Dhrtarastra; rane—in the

battlefield; hanyuh— may kill; tat—that; me—mine; ksemataram—better;

bhavet — be­come.

TRANSLATION

 

I would consider it better for the sons of Dhrtarastra to kill me

unarmed and unresisting, rather than fight with them.

 

PURPORT

 

It is the custom—according to ksatriya fighting principles—that an un­

armed and unwilling foe should not be attacked. Arjuna, however, in

such an enigmatic position, decided he would not fight if he were

attacked by the enemy. He did not consider how much the other party

was bent upon fighting. All these symptoms are due to softheartedness

resulting from his being a great devotee of the Lord.

 

 

TEXT 46

san jaya uvaca

evam uktvarjunah sankhye

rat hopastha upavisat

visrjya sa-saram capam

soka-samvigna-manasah

 

san jayah— Sanjaya; uvaca— said; evam— thus; uktva — saying; arjunah—

Arjuna; sankhye—in the battlefield; ratha—chariot; upasthah— situated

on; upavisat—sat down again; visrjya—keeping aside; sa-saram—along

with arrows; capam—the bow; soka—lamentation; samvigna—distressed;

mana­sah—within the mind.

TRANSLATION

Sanjaya said: Arjuna, having thus spoken on the battlefield, cast

aside his bow and arrows and sat down on the chariot, his mind

overwhelmed with grief.

 

PURPORT

 

While observing the situation of his enemy, Arjuna stood up on the

chariot, but he was so afflicted with lamentation that he sat down

again, setting aside his bow and arrows. Such a kind and softhearted

person, in the devotional service of the Lord, is fit to receive self-

knowledge.

 

Thus end the Bhaktivedanta Purports to the First Chapter of the

Srimad-Bhagavad-gita in the matter of Observing the Armies on the

Battlefield of Kuruksetra.

 

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